"And that is how it ended. Our extraordinary story."
Was not expecting to love this as much as I ended up doing by the end credits. Having already have had previous experience with Fumito Ueda's games, I didn't think The Last Guardian would deliver as well as Shadow of the Colossus did, but I was proven wrong almost to the fact that I think in certain aspects, I might prefer this title to Shadow of the Colossus which is already a game itself I hold up in high regard.
Narratively, it almost moved me and brought me to tears. The bond the two characters share doesn't need words, it's visualised and you really feel for them, by the end it's a bond you start to share with both of them and it sorta resonates with yourself being a pet owner. I can't really put it into words, but it makes you appreciate them even more.
My only real problem with this game is some minor gameplay issues. I feel like at times it's a bit unresponsive and people online would say "well, you're using the commands incorrectly" but no, I was very familiar with what to do with the commands even before you are prompted on screen how to do them, granted at the moment I only knew how to make Trico actually move where I wanted it to, but after the fact despite knowing the other commands, Trico was still pretty unresponsive in some areas and even sometimes backtracked for no apparent reason at all which frustrated me a little. There are also some minor frame drops in certain areas, I think I only experienced this 3 times and it was over pretty quick before it started to bother me. I think this game could have done with some small polishing but it's not that big of a deal.
Great game overall, pretty overlooked I feel along with it's predecessors (Shadow of the Colossus, Ico.) Recommend it to anyone new to gaming or anyone new to PlayStation in general, should have more word of mouth when mentioning PlayStation exclusives.
Was not expecting to love this as much as I ended up doing by the end credits. Having already have had previous experience with Fumito Ueda's games, I didn't think The Last Guardian would deliver as well as Shadow of the Colossus did, but I was proven wrong almost to the fact that I think in certain aspects, I might prefer this title to Shadow of the Colossus which is already a game itself I hold up in high regard.
Narratively, it almost moved me and brought me to tears. The bond the two characters share doesn't need words, it's visualised and you really feel for them, by the end it's a bond you start to share with both of them and it sorta resonates with yourself being a pet owner. I can't really put it into words, but it makes you appreciate them even more.
My only real problem with this game is some minor gameplay issues. I feel like at times it's a bit unresponsive and people online would say "well, you're using the commands incorrectly" but no, I was very familiar with what to do with the commands even before you are prompted on screen how to do them, granted at the moment I only knew how to make Trico actually move where I wanted it to, but after the fact despite knowing the other commands, Trico was still pretty unresponsive in some areas and even sometimes backtracked for no apparent reason at all which frustrated me a little. There are also some minor frame drops in certain areas, I think I only experienced this 3 times and it was over pretty quick before it started to bother me. I think this game could have done with some small polishing but it's not that big of a deal.
Great game overall, pretty overlooked I feel along with it's predecessors (Shadow of the Colossus, Ico.) Recommend it to anyone new to gaming or anyone new to PlayStation in general, should have more word of mouth when mentioning PlayStation exclusives.